BPCL to set up refuelling facility at Shillong airport
September 5th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 5 (IANS) Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) wants to set up a refuelling facility at Shillong airport, says Meghalaya Transport Minister Abu Taher Mondal.Formerly known as Umroi airport, ... Read more...
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Meghalaya says Karnataka, Maharashtra are normal now
August 29th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 29 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Wednesday urged students and workers from the state to return to their educational institutions and works places in Maharashtra and Karnataka, saying the ... Read more...
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Hamas leader to attend NAM summit in Iran
August 25th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister of the Hamas authority in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh accepted Saturday an Iranian invitation to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, despite the protest by ... Read more...
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Meghalaya ministers to review situation in Karnataka, Maharashtra
August 24th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 24 (IANS) Three Meghalaya ministers Friday left for Karnataka and Maharashtra to review the situation in the states after thousands of people from the northeast left following threats ... Read more...
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Pawan Hans resumes chopper services in Meghalaya
July 25th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 25 (IANS) State-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. would resume its services from Thursday in the mountainous Meghalaya state after a gap of 15 months, an official said Wednesday."Pawan ... Read more...
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India’s Negi is Asian chess champion
May 14th, 2012 - 1:53 am ICT by IANS
Ho Chi Minh City, May 14 (IANS) Indian Grand Master Parimarjan Negi and Irene Sukandar of Indonesia emerged champions of the Asian Continental Open and Women's championships respectively here Sunday.Negi ... Read more...
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Indonesian Health Minister Endang dies from lung cancer
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih passed away as a result of lung cancer on Wednesday morning, just days after stepping down due to her illness, the ... Read more...
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Hamas foiling Gaza power crisis solution: Palestinian PM
March 26th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, March 25 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Sunday accused Hamas of foiling an attempt to resume fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.Fayyad said in a statement that he ... Read more...
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Meghalaya waives aviation fuel tax to encourage flights
February 13th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 13 (IANS) Meghalaya has waived off tax on aviation fuel to encourage airlines to operate from Shillong airport, increasing connectivity and getting more tourists to the northeastern state, ... Read more...
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Injured man resembling Delhi blast suspect arrested in Howrah
September 15th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) A man in his late thirties with injuries similar to that caused in an explosion and resembling the sketch of one of the suspects in the ... Read more...
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Three inmates flee Tripura jail
September 5th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) Three prisoners, including two Bangladeshi convicts, scaled the walls of a Tripura jail and escaped, officials said Monday.Abu Taher, 26, Ali Ahed, 30 and Rafikul Islam, ... Read more...
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Meghalaya not to resume Pawan Hans helicopter service
July 28th, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 28 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Thursday said it has rejected the request of the state-run Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd to resume its service in this mountainous state, suspended ... Read more...
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Bangladesh Railway signs $16.45mn contract with Indian firm
July 4th, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Railway Monday inked a $16.45 million contract with an Indian company to supply wagons.The contract was signed with the Indian company Texmaco Limited as part ... Read more...
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Shillong airport’s new terminal opens Saturday
June 22nd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Umroi (Meghalaya), June 22 (IANS) The new terminal building of the Shillong airport in Meghalaya will be inaugurated Saturday, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.The terminal will be ... Read more...
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Meghalaya wants probe against pilots flouting safety norms
June 17th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Friday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged violation of air safety norms by two pilots of Alliance Air operating flights between Kolkata ... Read more...
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Meghalaya seeks central help on tender for chopper service
May 30th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 30 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Monday wrote to the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) to float a tender for operating a helicopter service in the mountainous state.On ... Read more...
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Congress rebels worry Trinamool in Murshidabad
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), April 22 (IANS) Rebel candidates backed by a senior Congressman in this West Bengal border district have become a major worry for the Trinamaool Congress, causing ... Read more...
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Ziaur Rahman ‘passively involved’ in Mujib murder: US scribe
March 15th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 15 (IANS) US journalist and writer Lawrence Lifschultz has alleged that Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in "a plot" in August 1975 in which ... Read more...
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Zia blamed for rebel’s hanging
February 4th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 4 (IANS) A US journalist and writer has accused former Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman for the hanging of a former army officer who turned a rebel in 1976. Pulitzer Prize ... Read more...
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Key 1993 Mumbai blasts accused extradited from UAE
June 8th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Taher Mohammed Merchant, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai terror blasts, was Tuesday extradited from the UAE, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.
Merchant alias Taher ... Read more...
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Indonesia’s former president Wahid dies at 69
December 31st, 2009 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 31 (DPA) Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia's first elected leader after the 1998 fall of the Suharto regime, died Wednesday after long-term illnesses, relatives said. He was 69.
Wahid's brother, Solahuddin ... Read more...
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Exports fall as Bangladesh drinks most of its tea
November 1st, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) Bangladeshis drink most of the tea they produce and the new consumption trend has led to a steep fall in exports, say industry findings.
The high rate of ... Read more...
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Congress legislator beaten up after attack on CPI-M leader
July 9th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A Congress legislator and a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader were injured and an office of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) torched at Naoda in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Trinamool threatening voters in Nandigram, claims CPI-M
May 6th, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday alleged that activists of the opposition Trinamool Congress were threatening villagers in Tamluk constituency, within which Nandigram comes, ahead ... Read more...
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Top LeT operative arrested in Kolkata
March 7th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar 7 (ANI): A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abu Taher alias Mohamed Zakaria was arrested in Kolkata on Friday.
Officials said Taher was an expert in making explosive devices and was staying ... Read more...
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LeT associate arrested in Kolkata
March 6th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) An alleged associate of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), absconding for 10 years, was arrested from a railway station here Friday, police said.
"We've arrested Abu Taher, 45, from the ... Read more...
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Hamas to pay compensation to war victims
January 23rd, 2009 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
Gaza City, Jan 23 (DPA) The radical Islamic organisation Hamas said Thursday it would begin Sunday making cash payments to victims of the recent Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.Taher al ... Read more...
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Anti-acquisition activists demonstrate in Nandigram
August 11th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Hundreds of activists of the anti-land acquisition Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) Monday staged a sit-in demonstration in West Bengal's Nandigram, demanding peace in the violence-hit region. "The ... Read more...
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Trinamool, CPI-M activists clash at Nandigram
July 11th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress activist was allegedly assaulted by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters at Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district Friday. "CPI-M activists stopped one of ... Read more...
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500 villagers seek shelter in district office after Trinamool-CPIM clash in Nandigram
May 12th, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by admin
Nandigram (West Bengal), May 12 (ANI): At least 500 villagers have sought refuge in the office of the Block Development Officer (BDO) in Nandigram on Monday, as clashes between activists of ... Read more...
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